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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2011-06-13 16:10
Been having a tough time in concert band lately. Tuning between sections. Here's what I see...
Us (clarinets) tend to stay in tune with each other, and tune well to the saxes. The flutes (to my ear) end up going pretty sharp, especially playing up high. And after about two or three songs, the trumpet section leader will tell me, "You guys are high. Bring it down". After about three songs, we recheck the tuning, and I seem to be only a few cents high. Pull out about 1 mm and I'm good to go.
I'm wrestling with how to deal with the issue. I feel as though the reason we are not in tune with the brass is because the clarinets and saxes are in tune with a tuner. While practicing, I'll routinely check with a tuner and I'll seem to be fine.
Am I correct in thinking that a hard rubber clarinet, once warmed up, realy wouldn't fluctuate that much in tuning (at least probably not as much as a metal instrument?) But if that's the case, how are we pretty good with the saxes all the time? And really, where is the line? Are we to try to get the band to stay in tune with a tuner? Or with each other? Who do we listen to? We're being told to "listen back", and "listen down", which would mean that the clarinets and flutes (being up front) are to listen to the trumpets and trombones to tune. But then who do THEY listen to and I guess we have to trust that they are in tune with a tuner at all times?
It's starting to frustrate me a little as it's the same issue over and over again, and the same sections with the same tendencies. Clarinets match each other and the saxes. Trumpets match the trombones. Flutes match the clarinets and saxes except for altissimo. I'm not in a position to really dictate how everyone is supposed to adjust, but at the very least I'm looking for what I or my section can do so that we at least have a good, correct defense if we get told we're too high (which is what we get told about twice every concert band).
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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